Daily Majors: Anand Babu Pallikona Champions The MoneyMaker; Mahesh S, Pavan Kiran B & Vishal Bajaj Reel in Top Scores in the IOPC Flagships

Spartan Poker’s biggest-ever India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) 14.0 is fast approaching the finish line, with only four days left for the guarantee-crushing series to close its run. Adding an extra punch to the high-octane action will be PokerStars India’s first-ever Red Spade Series (RSS) which starts today alongside Pocket52’s FUNtastic February offerings.

Speaking of the Wednesday chartbusters, Anand Babu Pallikona earned the distinction for taking the February edition of PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker for a career-best ₹12.53 Lakhs – almost 2X his previous best score. ‘1299sanj’ collected ₹7.63 Lakhs in second place.

Mahesh Shyamsundar was another head-turner, netting ₹9.54 Lakhs across four ITM finishes. The IPC Megastacks Kickoff champion most notably nailed Spartan Poker’s IOPC #107 Wednesday High for ₹9 Lakhs (his second IOPC Silver Badge), parlaying a ₹1,250 satellite investment. Tuesday’s The Endeavour champion Vishal Bajaj almost went back-to-back, banking ₹6.10 Lakhs in second place.

Sashank Chakravarthy shipped the day`s top IOPC attraction, Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime, for ₹8.03 Lakhs (won ₹8.15 Lakhs overall), striking a three-way deal with Pavan Kiran B (2nd for ₹7.41 Lakhs) and The MoneyMaker finalist Navaneesha P (3rd for ₹5.66 Lakhs) (won ₹8.91 Lakhs overall).

Last month`s Tuesday HighRoller champion Sagar Soni came out on top in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight, picking up his maiden IOPC title and a site-best ₹3.83 Lakhs. Long-time circuit pro Kanishka Samant finished runner-up for ₹2.30 Lakhs.

Varun Bansal (Won IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO for ₹1.72 Lakhs), Habil Jiruwala (Won IOPC #103 PKO for ₹1.41 Lakhs), last night’s Master Minds champion Arsh Grover (Won IOPC #104 for ₹96,224), Madhav Singh (Won IOPC #102 for ₹63,020), and Prateek Sharma (Won IOPC #105 PLO4 Card for ₹56,872) won the other IOPC marquees on Wednesday.

Saturday’s (7-MAX) Midnight SPRINT champion Sachin Raj took down PokerBaazi’s The Pride for a site-best ₹3.09 Lakhs (his second-best online score). Rajat Mahajan added ₹1.85 Lakhs in second place.

Aishwary Sharma, Aditya Singh, Shravan Suresh, Kshitij Kucheria, Vikrant Dangle, Raghav Ananth, Akhilesh Chauhan, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Abhinav Menon, Sawan Kumar, Sahil Babbar, Rahul Thakur, Mayank P, and Prateek Tibrewal won the other Wednesday majors!

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

Spartan Poker

IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 478

Re-entries – 208

Rebuys – 388

Prize Pool – ₹53,70,000

Places Paid – 95

Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy was right up there among the Wednesday chartbusters as he ransacked a packed 1,074-player field (478 unique) in the day’s IOPC headliner, Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime, winning his first IOPC title for ₹8.03 Lakhs* (three-way deal) (his second-best online score).

Chakravarthy made another ITM finish in PokerBaazi’s The Pride (55th for ₹11,697), which along with a bounty, fetched him over ₹8.15 Lakhs. He also made Day 2 in IOPC #141 The Crown. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.04 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Shashank Chakravarthy chopped the IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime title three-way with Pavan ‘Rootahua Machi’ Kiran B (2nd for ₹7.41 Lakhs) and Navaneesha ‘np406’ P (3rd for ₹5.66 Lakhs).

The former FTS Big Game champion Pavan Kiran made another two deep runs last night, netting ₹7.71 Lakhs altogether. His Wednesday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹7,41,044 (his best finish in 2023 so far)

> 116th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹18,306

> 70th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹11,697

Pavan Kiran’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹62.96 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

The ITM 2.0 Main Event runner-up finisher Navaneesha P raked in a hefty ₹8.91 Lakhs from six deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹5,65,687

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹2,91,879

> 37th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹13,647

> 40th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹9,898

> 49th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight for ₹7,328

> 134th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹2,722

Navaneesha P’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹58.79 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

The former IOPC Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava (4th for ₹3.46 Lakhs), Mitesh ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta (6th for ₹2.14 Lakhs), Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (7th for ₹1.56 Lakhs), and Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel (8th for ₹1.06 Lakhs) made FT runs in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime.

The top 95 finishers got a share from the ₹53.70 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy – ₹8,02,605*
2. Pavan ‘Rootahua Machi’ Kiran B – ₹7,41,044*
3. Navaneesha ‘np406’ P – ₹5,65,687*
4. Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – ₹3,46,365
5. ladynorthtower – ₹2,74,407
6. Mitesh ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta – ₹2,13,726
7. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹1,55,730
8. Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹1,06,433

*denotes a three-way deal

IOPC #107 Wednesday High (6-Max) – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹16,500

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 40

Rebuys – 91

Prize Pool – ₹38,70,000

Places Paid – 23

Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar made a feisty Wednesday run, netting ₹9.54 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, and carried the fourth-largest stack forward through Day 1C of IOPC #141 The Crown.

The IPC Megastacks Kickoff champion made his best finish in Spartan Poker’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD IOPC #107 Wednesday High, taking down a 258-entry field (127 unique) in the 9 PM flagship for ₹9 Lakhs (his second IOPC Silver Badge) after getting in through a ₹1,250 satellite.

His Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #107 Wednesday High for ₹8,99,775 (his second-best online score)

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #109 All Rounder for ₹34,101

> 35th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹13,647

> 18th in PokerStars India’s Master Minds for ₹6,252

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown (carried fourth-largest stack forward on Day 1C)

Mahesh Shyamsundar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.11 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹39.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #3 (2 in the ongoing series)

Tuesday’s The Endeavour champion Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj almost scored back-to-back wins, falling one place short of bagging his first IOPC silver badge in IOPC #107 Wednesday High (2nd for ₹6.10 Lakhs). With ₹6.38 Lakhs in total winnings last night, the top pro has almost caught up with Gaurav Sood at #4 in the POY rankings.

Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.57 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | Ranked #5 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings | Finished #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta (3rd for ₹4.06 Lakhs) and Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (4th for ₹3.33 Lakhs) were other top regs on the IOPC #107 Wednesday High final table.

The 9 PM flagship collected ₹38.70 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out 23 places.

Final Table Results

1. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹8,99,775
2. Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj – ₹6,09,525
3. Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta – ₹4,06,350
4. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – ₹3,32,820
5. Whateveh – ₹2,67,030
6. Billy_Hargrove – ₹2,07,045

IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 511

Re-entries – 128

Rebuys – 338

Prize Pool – ₹19,54,000

Places Paid – 95

The Tuesday HighRoller champion from January 17, Sagar ‘Sagar97706’ Soni, took a little over nine hours to come out on top of a 977-entry field (511 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight, winning his maiden IOPC title for a site-best ₹3.83 Lakhs. Long-time circuit pro Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant finished runner-up for ₹2.30 Lakhs.

Sagar Soni’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹13.16 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

The four-time IOPC leaderboard topper Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC ran deep in three IOPC marquees (and collected a bounty), adding ₹1.71 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings, jumping two places to #6 on the ₹1.50 Crore GTD IOPC 14.0 leaderboard.

His Wednesday finishes include:

> 3rd in IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight for ₹1,64,527

> 36th in IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO for ₹3,926

> 65th in IOPC #105 PLO4 Card for ₹1,621

Bhanu Prakash KC’s Spartan Poker stats (under the moniker ‘MafiaGaming’): Site Winnings: ₹25.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles: #3

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight paid out 95 players a share from the ₹19.54 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Sagar ‘Sagar97706’ Soni – ₹3,72,823
2. Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant – ₹2,30,181
3. Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC – ₹1,64,527
4. Gokul ‘Born NinjAA’ Raj – ₹1,26,033
5. Dhaval ‘Ace of hearts’ Doshi – ₹99,849
6. Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada – ₹77,769
7. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹56,666
8. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹38,728

IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO – ₹11 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 379

Re-entries – 144

Rebuys – 274

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,97,500

Knockout Prize Pool – ₹5,97,500

Prize Pool – ₹11,95,500

Places Paid – 71

Varun ‘Varun Bansal’ Bansal raced past the 797-player field (379 unique) in Spartan Poker’s 11 PM marquee, ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO, picking up his first IOPC silver badge (also his first IOPC title) and a site-best ₹1.72 Lakhs (₹76,072 in bounties) in prize money. ‘Twins_ ACES’ collected a runner-up payday of ₹1.26 Lakhs (₹33,750 in bounties).

Bansal is now the ninth player to advance to the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #137 All-Rounder SNG (February 5 at 9 PM).

Varun Bansal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹27.08 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Tuesday’s IOPC #97 Triple Chance champion, Clinton ‘ClintonTavaress’ Tavares, pocketed ₹88,764 across his Wednesday run. He most notably finished fourth in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO for ₹57,319.

Clinton Tavares’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹43.11 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | IOPC Titles Won: #2

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO posted a ₹11.96 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 71 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Varun ‘Varun Bansal’ Bansal – ₹1,71,656
2. Twins_ ACES – ₹1,26,218
3. Noel ‘noelpais1’ Pais – ₹79,298
4. Clinton ‘ClintonTavaress’ Tavares – ₹57,319
5. Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – ₹42,713
6. Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia – ₹31,482
7. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹34,101
8. HERMES888 – ₹27,952

IOPC #103 PKO – ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 210

Re-entries – 78

Rebuys – 177

Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,48,750

Knockout Prize Pool – ₹3,48,750

Prize Pool – ₹6,97,500

Places Paid – 39

Last week’s IOPC #55 Wednesday Spotlight finalist, Habil ‘YourMaje$ty’ Jiruwala, made his IOPC title debut by taking down a 465-entry field (210 unique) in Spartan Poker’s afternoon marquee, ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #103 PKO, banking a career-best ₹1.41 Lakhs (₹70,939 in bounties) and the IOPC silver badge.

Habil Jiruwala’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹43.33 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.26 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Piyush ‘NoName30’ Nanda finished runner-up for ₹82,178 (₹35,689 in bounties) and filled in ₹97,833 across his Wednesday run. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹87.20 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The 3 PM tourney generated a ₹6.98 Lakhs prize pool, and 39 players crossed the money line.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Habil ‘YourMaje$ty’ Jiruwala – ₹1,40,563
2. Piyush ‘NoName30’ Nanda – ₹82,178
3. SurVival01 – ₹55,612
4. Harsh ‘Chiraunjilal Khosla’ Bubna – ₹30,517
5. aceking99 – ₹26,299
6. Prabhas ‘Baba_Tufaani’ Sharma – ₹20,318
7. Gursimrann ‘f00l4u’ Brar – ₹30,630
8. Vikas ‘Grabaka_Hitman’ Yadav – ₹13,429

Last night`s Master Minds champion Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #104 for ₹96,224), Madhav ‘badbeat31’ Singh (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD IOPC #102 for ₹63,020), and Prateek ‘OMGdabangg2’ Sharma (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD IOPC #105 PLO4 Card for ₹56,872) won the other IOPC marquees on Spartan Poker.

IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard Standings After Day 14

With just four days to go for the 14th edition of the IOPC to wrap up, Sunday’s IOPC Wanderer champion Vinay Rajpal (16,270 points) is still the player to catch in the series’ leaderboard standings. The top reg made deep runs in six IOPC tournaments yesterday, extending his ITM tally in the series to 68, completing his 10th straight day ranked #1 on the leaderboard.

The IOPC June 2021 leaderboard topper Young Gun Anuj Yadav (13,747 points) and ‘p@tience7744’ (12,751 points) continue to trail him at #2 and #3, respectively and will need a few big finishes soon if they hope to catch up.

Vikrant ‘King Leonidas’ Dangle (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹46,785), ‘Elbulli’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Holdem PKO for ₹23,369), Rahul ‘Thakur615’ Thakur (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹21,741), and ‘Aif Dar’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

The MoneyMaker – ₹1 Crore GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 500

Re-entries – 517

Prize Pool – ₹1,02,00,000

Places Paid – 148

Anand Babu ‘flattery’ Pallikona couldn`t have asked for a better tournament to get his title scorecard for the year started as he took down the February edition of PokerBaazi`s ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker. The circuit regular tamed a guarantee-crushing 1,017-entry field (500 unique) in the country’s longest-running 1 flight ₹1 Crore GTD tournament, winning the title for a career-best ₹12.53 Lakhs – almost 2X his previous best score. ‘1299sanj’ collected ₹7.63 Lakhs in second place.

Pallikona scored another ₹4,973 in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #109 All Rounder (19th), reeling in an impressive ₹12.58 Lakhs across his terrific mid-week run. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹50.10 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Navaneesha ‘np406’ P fired up a trail of top finishes, crossing the money line in six Wednesday marquees for a take-home worth ₹8.91 Lakhs. He most prominently finished third in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹5.66 Lakhs and sixth in The MoneyMaker for ₹2.92 Lakhs, boosting his online scorecard to ₹1.61 Crores.

The NPS 2.0 Main Event champion Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha lapped up ₹2.32 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, which include:

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹2,08,485

> 36th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹13,647

> 71st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight for ₹6,546

> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #103 PKO for ₹3,906

Chirag Sodha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.47 Crores

Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru (3rd for ₹6.10 Lakhs), Kumar ‘23offsuits’ Vatsal (4th for ₹4.91 Lakhs), and Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit (5th for ₹3.90 Lakhs), also FT-ed the February edition of the ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker.

Avish ‘thehorse7’ Sharma (9th for ₹1.32 Lakhs), Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (10th for ₹1.32 Lakhs), Varunn ‘Varunn’ Gaala (12th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), Kashish ‘kashish007’ Gupta (13th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), and Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni (14th for ₹1.12 Lakhs) were others who ran deep in The MoneyMaker.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in The MoneyMaker generated a guarantee-crushing ₹1.02 Crores prize pool, and the top 148 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Anand Babu ‘flattery’ Pallikona – ₹12,52,944
2. 1299sanj – ₹7,62,750
3. Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – ₹6,10,200
4. Kumar ‘23offsuits’ Vatsal – ₹4,91,211
5. Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit – ₹3,89,511
6. Navaneesha ‘np406’ P – ₹2,91,879
7. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹2,08,485
8. destiny1008 – ₹1,52,550

The Pride – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 279

Re-entries – 278

Prize Pool – ₹19,50,000

Places Paid – 70

Saturday’s (7-MAX) Midnight SPRINT champion Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj kept his heater going by taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Pride for a site-best ₹3.09 Lakhs (his second-best online score). Raj toppled the 557-player field in the 8 PM Wednesday flagship and bested ‘happyfish’ (2nd for ₹1.85 Lakhs) heads-up.

Raj added ₹3.40 Lakhs last night from three deep runs on PokerBaazi, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹3,08,801

> 84th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹25,425

> 18th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹5,572

Sachin Raj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹63.61 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Saturday’s Royal Rumble PKO winner, Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth FT-ed two tournaments last night, prominently shipping PokerStars India’s Big Bubble Rush for ₹45,549. He scored better in PokerBaazi’s The Pride (7th for ₹47,763), lapping up ₹1.29 Lakhs across five deep runs.

His top Wednesday finishes include:

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹47,763

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Big Bubble Rush for ₹45,549

> 9th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹23,738

Raghav Ananth’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹56.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The Pride eighth-place finisher Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava thrashed out five deep runs, headlined by a fourth-place finish in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime worth ₹3.46 Lakhs, reeling in approximately ₹4.52 Lakhs.

Kovid ‘fzzzyyy’ Saraswat (3rd for ₹1.45 Lakhs), Ritik ‘gargritik’ Garg (4th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Abhimanyu ‘AbhimanyuMittal’ Mittal (5th for ₹89,482), Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (6th for ₹68,233) were others who FTed the 8-Max The Pride.

The top 70 places got a share from the ₹19.50 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj – ₹3,08,801
2. happyfish – ₹1,84,618
3. Kovid ‘fzzzyyy’ Saraswat – ₹1,45,433
4. Ritik ‘gargritik’ Garg – ₹1,10,927
5. Abhimanyu ‘AbhimanyuMittal’ Mittal – ₹89,482
6. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹68,233
7. Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹47,763
8. Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹38,990

(7-Max) SPRINT – 12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 3,850

Entries – 233

Re-entries – 171

Prize Pool – 14,14,000

Places Paid – 49

Hot on the heels after winning IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight the day before, Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (opted out of tracking) reeled in his second title in two days, shipping PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2.41 Lakhs (his third title of 2023). Sunday`s BSS MonsterStack winner Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani secured the runner-up payday of ₹1.60 Lakhs.

The Galactic Series Main Event champion, Aditya Singh, made another deep run in The Pride, netting ₹2.54 Lakhs from the two finishes alone.

His known Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,40,804

> 30th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹13,650

Areyann Gurbaxani accumulated ₹1.80 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,59,782

> 46th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹12,672

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,918

> 45th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #103 PKO for ₹1,875

Areyann Gurbaxani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹68.23 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The IOPC #111 All Rounder runner-up finisher Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (3rd for ₹1.24 Lakhs), the recent Blockbuster champion, Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur (4th for ₹98,273), last week’s The Endeavour champion Ankit ‘gabru1410’ Agarwal (5th for ₹81,729), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (6th for ₹66,741) and Tuesday`s Turbo Masters [8-Max] winner Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (7th for ₹52,884) were other regs on the 7-max FT of the ₹12 Lakhs GTD SPRINT.

The top 49 places got a share from the ₹14.14 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹2,40,804
2. Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – ₹1,59,782
3. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,24,149
4. Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur – ₹98,273
5. Ankit ‘gabru1410’ Agarwal – ₹81,729
6. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹66,741
7. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹52,884

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 423

Re-entries – 366

Prize Pool – ₹11,84,000

Places Paid – 137

Shravan ‘Enterthedragon’ Suresh trounced a 789-player field (423 unique) in PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, winning the 7:30 PM tournament for the third time in three months for ₹1.71 Lakhs. The IOPC January 2022 Super High Roller champion, Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor, collected ₹1.33 Lakhs in second place.

While Suresh has good practice in winning the 7.30 PM marquee, the victory got his title scorecard ticking for the year. He crossed the money line in another two tournaments yesterday, boosting his online bankroll by ₹2.05 Lakhs.

His Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,71,371

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹30,510

> 65th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #190 All Rounder for ₹3,209

Shravan Suresh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹57.66 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.38 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Akshay Kapoor posted another deep run in PokerStars India’s Master Minds [8-Max], adding ₹1.43 Lakhs overall. His Wednesday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,32,552

> 11th in PokerStars India’s Master Minds [8-Max] for ₹10,100

Akshay Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹68.49 Lakhs

MPL Poker Pro Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia made three deep runs on PokerBaazi yesterday, rounding up ₹84,647 overall. His Wednesday finishes include:

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹31,955

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #109 All Rounder for ₹31,482

> 12th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹21,210

Siddharth Karia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.40 Crores

Last weekend’s IOPC #77 Saturday Spotlight runner-up finisher Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani (4th for ₹69,827) and Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra (7th for ₹17,042) were other known players on the Daily Value Boost FT.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in Daily Value Boost paid out 137 players a share from the ₹11.84 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Shravan ‘Enterthedragon’ Suresh – ₹1,71,371
2. Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor – ₹1,32,552
3. twister – ₹98,822
4. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹69,827
5. arr86 – ₹47,340
6. Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia – ₹31,955
7. misamvasr – ₹22,487
8. Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra – ₹17,042

‘blazin666’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹96,730), Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹48,450), Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹38,830), ‘KiddPoker007’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹38,730), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹31,130), ‘spvp23’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon PLO-5 Boost for ₹30,610), Sahil ‘illuminati777’ Babbar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹24,320), ‘Jaigautam’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹21,390), and ‘rosyShove659141’ (Won ₹50K GTD (5-Max) Daily for ₹6,330) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 136

Re-entries – 87

Prize Pool – ₹4,50,000

Places Paid – 34

Pocket52 user ‘user1646580655’ took down the poker network`s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks for ₹85,950, besting ‘Mario312’ (2nd for ₹63,000) heads-up.

Final Table Results

1. user1646580655 – ₹85,950
2. Mario2312 – ₹63,00
3. fishyvishy – ₹40,500
4. HassiAces – ₹31,500
5. Devilfish1 – ₹22,500
6. Alak20 – ₹18,000

‘dugdugBHAYYA’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹33,000), ‘Babusona1235’ (Won ₹80K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹18,400), ‘Sahabuddeen0786’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹16,500), and ‘Nuso’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹13,272) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Wednesday.

PokerStars India

Master Minds [8-Max] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 110

Re-entries – 79

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Exactly a month after winning his first title of the year in Adda52’s Gravitron, Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover returned to the winner’s circle in style. The poker phenom took down Spartan Poker’s IOPC #104 and PokerStars India’s Master Minds [8-Max] in quick succession yesterday, accumulating ₹2.63 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings – crossing ₹6 Crores in online profits.

One of the biggest MTT crushers in the country, Grover, championed IOPC #104 first and, hours later, topped the 189-entry field in PokerStars India’s 8 PM flagship, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Master Minds, banking a cool ₹99,257.

His top Wednesday finishes:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Master Minds for ₹99,257

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #104 for ₹91,213

> 26th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹30,341

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹21,210

> 120th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹18,306

Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #3 | Finished #4 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar finished runner-up in Master Minds for ₹74,959 and locked in ₹81,629 from three deep runs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.60 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Notables like Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (3rd for ₹56,609), Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu (4th for ₹42,751), Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan (5th for ₹32,286), JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar (6th for ₹24,382) & Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira (7th for ₹18,414) made an FT finish in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Master Minds.

The ₹2,500 entry buy-in Master Minds had 189 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹5 Lakhs prize pool (site filled in ₹70,000 in overlays), and the top 27 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹99,257
2. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹74,959
3. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹56,609
4. Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu – ₹42,751
5. Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan – ₹32,286
6. JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar – ₹24,382
7. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹18,414
8. potshots77 – ₹13,906
9. ASG 961 – ₹11,851

Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹45,550), Sawan ‘kahkelunga’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,235) ‘Garvit01’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO for ₹12,889), and ‘samvil2007p’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline for ₹11,869) shipped the other Wednesday marquees on PokerStars India.

Adda52

Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 308

Re-entries- 325

Prize Pool – ₹15,82,509

Places Paid – 63

Aishwary ‘boosterx’ Sharma barrelled through the 633-entry field (308 unique) in Adda52’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, winning the Wednesday headliner for ₹4.04 Lakhs (his third-best score of the site), closing out an over five-week-long title slump. ‘JimCorbet’ finished runner-up for ₹2.30 Lakhs.

Aishwary Sharma’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Last week`s IOPC #51 champion Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel collected ₹2.23 Lakhs through two FT finishes (and one bounty). His Wednesday finishes include:

> 4th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹1,14,731

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹1,06,433

Siddharth Kadel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹40.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | IOPC Titles Won: #2

Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh reeled in ₹1.35 Lakhs from four deep runs, which include:

> 5th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹79,125

> 4th in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹34,400

> 61st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹13,931

> 55th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight for ₹7,328

Aman Parakh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.89 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma ITM-ed four tournaments, netting ₹1.12 Lakhs, with her biggest score coming in the Maverick (6th for ₹55,388). Her online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.41 Crores

Saturday’s IOPC #79 DST winner, Young Gun Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi, is one of a select few players on our tracked database sitting on over ₹50 Lakhs in annual earnings. He added ₹59,863 on the back of four Wednesday finishes (and one bounty) and made his best finish in Maverick (8th for ₹31,650).

Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.76 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in Maverick paid 63 players a share from the ₹15.83 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Aishwary ‘boosterx’ Sharma – ₹4,03,538
2. JimCorbet – ₹2,29,463
3. Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha – ₹1,57,459
4. Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel – ₹1,14,731
5. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹79,125
6. Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma – ₹55,388
7. Saiupp1987 – ₹43,519
8. Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi – ₹31,650

Abhinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,620), Mayank ‘mayankp0985’ P (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800), ‘harishgujwar’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹10,954), and Prateek ‘tibrewalprateek’ Tibrewal (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,270) won the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

Khelo365’s primetime Wednesday fixture, ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under Deepstack PLO, was taken down by ‘psavms’ for ₹9,250, just as site regular ‘Rise’ (2nd for ₹6,250) fell out as the runner-up.

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